Rohini Nilekani : (10)

" As ordinary citizens, we don’t spend much time reading about and thinking through the creation of new laws or amendments of old ones. " - Rohini Nilekani

" India is criss-crossed with the most elegant wells that tap into the shallow aquifer. " - Rohini Nilekani

" Governments do have the duty to protect national interest. But we should not be afraid of foreign funding of Indian CSOs, unless malintent can be proved. " - Rohini Nilekani

" With India going digital, we have a massive and dangerous e-waste problem. " - Rohini Nilekani

" Putting a climate change lens on policy making offers a huge opportunity to make smart decisions about India’s future. " - Rohini Nilekani

" India is a groundwater civilization. Almost all Indians use groundwater, directly or indirectly, each day. " - Rohini Nilekani

" The Indian elite send their children to expensive private schools, bypassing the public school system. They have their own infrastructure for water, with sumps to store it, pumps to lift it, and fancy filters to de-risk from erratic, polluted government water. Most access private healthcare to bridge the health services deficit. " - Rohini Nilekani

" One size doesn’t fit all, and I don’t have a monopoly over good ideas. " - Rohini Nilekani

" Having our own children in good schools does not inure us from the ill-effect of others having theirs in poor schools. Having great roads within our gated homes and offices does not help when our fancy cars spill out on to poor public roads. " - Rohini Nilekani

" We forget that the main constitutional responsibility of the MLAs and MPs that we vote for is law making, and oversight of the executive to implement those laws. During my husband’s 2014 election campaign, I did not hear a single voter mention this aspect of the legislator’s role. " - Rohini Nilekani